What's the difference between hatchment and lozenge?

Hatchment


Definition:

  • (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement.
  • (n.) A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity.

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Lozenge


Definition:

  • (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.
  • (n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
  • (n.) A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
  • (n.) Anything in the form of lozenge.
  • (n.) A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A few minutes after sucking a lozenge for a sore throat a 68-year-old man developed an anaphylactic shock.
  • (2) When sucking sugarless lozenges the recorded pH values were between 5.8 and 7.0.
  • (3) Lozenges containing either 23 mg of elemental zinc or placebo were taken every 2 h. Eleven URI symptoms were rated daily on a scale of 0 (not present) to 3 (severe).
  • (4) Fentanyl was first developed in the 1960s as a general anesthetic, and it is still regularly administered by doctors, usually in the form of lozenges and patches, frequently for cancer patients.
  • (5) Within a couple of months I had gone up to 11 lozenges a day, and by the end of that year it became 30.
  • (6) For final analysis, 61 patients in the zinc lozenge group and 69 patients in the placebo lozenge group were evaluated.
  • (7) Only a lozenge formulation containing noscapine base fulfilled the requirements of taste acceptability and adequate release properties.
  • (8) It is concluded that the lozenges containing noscapine base may be a valuable alternative to the conventional noscapine hydrochloride mixture.
  • (9) The F content of the control slabs was significantly less than that of lozenge-treated and lozenge-treated-ART slabs throughout the depth of the lesion.
  • (10) The bioavailability of noscapine base administered in lozenges in a dose of 100 mg to twelve healthy volunteers, in a study using an open balanced cross-over design, was compared with that of 100 mg of noscapine hydrochloride given perorally as a mixture.
  • (11) Lined up alongside green, paper-skinned pistachios or buttery pecans, almonds – anaemic, lozenge-shaped, creamily bland – can seem rather dull.
  • (12) The enhancer seems to suppress the lozenge phenotype with regard to the length of the antenna but otherwise there is no effect of the modifiers with regard to antennae, tarsal claws, spermathecae or female reproductive capacity (the number of eggs oviposited or the number of adult progeny ensuring from females tested).
  • (13) The most prominent pH drop was found with a lozenge containing Purity Gum 40-sucrose-glucose, while tablets with gum arabic-maltitol and pectin-gelatine-Lycasin somewhat increased the pH values.
  • (14) After sucking a lozenge the opiate took 15 minutes to enter my bloodstream.
  • (15) Until 1971, the consumption was very moderate and less than one per cent of the children between 0 and 12 years of age used fluoride tablets or lozenges.
  • (16) This could account for the negative results of several clinical studies of this lozenge and similar formulations as treatment for the common cold.
  • (17) Moreover, electron microscopic findings revealed square, rectangular or lozenge-shaped small cystine crystal profiles in osmophilic dense bodies of the histiocytic cells and in the cytoplasm of the foam cells.
  • (18) With the lozenges, flow rate fell towards the unstimulated rate when the lozenges had dissolved.
  • (19) In study II a pH recovery of plaque and saliva after the sucrose rinse was recorded for both types of lozenge, but it was most pronounced for the active, buffering lozenge.
  • (20) hammered the Socialist François Hollande , his voice hoarse from a bruising schedule of campaign rallies fuelled by honey throat-lozenges.

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